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Making the Card

1. Cut light gray cardstock 4 1/4 x 11 inches; fold in half to form a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inch card base. Cut light brown/kraft cardstock as follows: one 4 x 5 1/4 inches, two 4 x 5 5/16 inches, and one 2 3/8 x 3 1/2 inches. Cut Coffee Time paper (Cream & Sugar 12x12 Paper Pack) first 5 1/4 x 12 inches, then cut two off at 3 7/8 inches (they will be 3 7/8 x 5 1/4 inches) and one 3 7/8 x 5 1/8 inches. The smaller 5 1/4 x 12 will be for the front of the card so you will use the coffee cup side. The two 3 7/8 x 5 1/4 inch pieces will be used for the inside of the card on the coffee bean side. Orient the pieces as they will be inside the card. Use an ink blending tool to add Walnut Stain Distress Ink to outside edges, leaving the two edges towards the fold with just ink on the very edge. Note: I cut my pieces too short so there is a bigger gap along the fold in my card - I thought it would look better without the gap so I adjusted the measurements accordingly. Cut the coffee cup strip from the page of strips (Cream & Sugar 6x6 Pad); trim to 4 inches. Cut a strip of pink paper 1/8 inch larger (so it will stick out above/below the coffee cup strip at 1/16 inch on either side) by 4 inches. Cut Neenah Solar White cardstock 5/8 x 4 inches. Set aside for now.

2. Cut alcohol marker friendly cardstock (Neenah Solar White) about 2 1/2 x4 inches - you might want to lightly pencil in lines for an area 1 7/8 x 3 3/8 inches - this will be the final size; I like to add a little extra for coloring and wiggle room for cropping. Using a Stamp Platform, arrange mice, then add in coffee cups where their hands will hold them, gently moving mice out of way. I snugged these stamps right up next to each other. Stamp with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. At this time, you may also create a mask by stamping on masking paper or Post-it Tape then fussy cutting with detail scissors; alternatively you can just wipe the ink off the hands of the mice that will hold the beverages before stamping them. Remove beverage stamps, arrange mice, then stamp with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. Draw line for ground using a Copic Multiliner SP Black .3 (I prefer the SP versions - refillable, less waste, and more economical in the long run). Color image with Copic markers (see Supplies for the list of colors I used). Trim to 1 7/8 x 3 3/8 inches. Attach to 2 3/8 x 3 1/2 inch light brown piece (step 1) using Tape Runner or Mega Runner. Add glossy accents to mouse's glasses and pink coffee cup. Set aside to dry.

3. See photo below. Cut Neenah Solar White cardstock about 5x5 inches. Cut light brown cardstock 2 1/4 x 4 inches. Cut light gray cardstock 1 1/2 x 4 inches. Cut craft foam about 3x4 inches. From Coffee Cup Pop-up, die cut light blue/green cardstock using zig-zag circle. Watching which side should be up on patterned paper, run all cardstock/paper (except card base) from step 1, craft foam, and cardstock from this step through 9" Creative Station with permanent adhesive (you could put the strips through the 1.5" Sticker Maker instead). Cut pieces apart from each other (this will make it easier to die cut later). Adhere 3 7/8 x 5 1/8 inch Coffee Time paper to 4 x 5 1/4 inch light brown paper with coffee cup side showing; adhere to front of card. Note: pull backing away from cardstock/paper so they won't bend as much. If there is any sticky residue, use Adhesive Remover - it works really well. Adhere two light brown pieces (4 x 5 5/16 inch) pieces inside card on either side of fold, allowing a very small gap for fold. Adhere coffee bean papers (remember that mine have a bigger gap near the fold - yours should line up with the brown next to the fold).

5. Watch video below before die cutting and assembling so you know what you will be doing, but don't do anything else yet. After watching the video, use the Coffee Cup Pop-up dies to cut white cardstock (65 lb recommended) using main coffee cup die. Using adhesive cardstock from step 3, die cut 2 napkin pieces, and plain circle from Neenah Solar White cardstock, coffee sleeve and coffee beans from light brown, and coffee lid from light gray. Use an ink blending tool to add a little Walnut Stain Distress Ink to outsides of coffee beans. Emboss coffee sleeve as shown in video. Use Copic E34 to add lines. Use T3 to shade bottom half of coffee lid. Adhere sleeve to front of pop-up coffee cup (if you are using it as a gift card holder, be aware of gift card tab orientation and adjust accordingly). Adhere lid. Assemble coffee cup on napkin and adhere inside card as shown in video. Adhere three coffee beans where shown (see photos of inside of card).

7. To finish the front of the card, cut a strip of light brown paper, about 3/8 x 2 1/2 inches. Place strip in Stamp Platform. Apply powder tool to strip. Using VersaMark ink stamp "COFFEE TIME" (Coffee Time) near left end, leaving about 3/8 inch. Heat emboss in white. Cut tails on right side with detail scissors. Cut a strip of sticky backed craft foam to fit under Coffee Time label. Adhere where shown, along with zig-zag circle with coffee cups (step 4). Adhere mouse scene to bottom of card front as shown using Tape Runner or Mega Runner (if you didn't run it through 9" Creative Station already).

Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Jillibean Soup (by Hampton Art) sent the Xyron Design Team a 12x12 collection pack, which included 12 doubled-sided sheets of paper (two of each pattern), 1 journaling card sheet, 1 die cut shape sheet, 4 washi sheets, and 1 sticker sheet - all coordinating. The collection I received was called You Make MISO Happy.

A friend's birthday is coming up in December so I decided to make her a birthday card with these cheery papers. Her favorite color is teal so I added that color family to the card. I also used reds, her birthday being so close to Christmas - there are some greens in there as well. I love the little calendar month labels included in the pack; one of the paper designs contains three sets of all the months - I chose the red one for this card and a teal heart to mark the date. The inside of the card is its own pop-up birthday party celebration - so fun!

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2. Find the Green Card/calendar sheet (JB2093). Trim out the red December calendar label (or whatever month you would like). Cut red cardstock 1/8 inch bigger in each dimension (so there will be a 1/16 inch frame around calendar). Find the Miso Paste/red wavy sheet (JB2088); cut two 3 3/4 x 4 1/2 inch pieces from it, making sure the wavy orientation is going in the long direction (horizontally), and one piece 2 x 4 inches with the waves going across the short side - this piece will be vertical in the card, to be used for the pop up platform. Set these aside too.

4. Using the banner/flag dies (Twist Panel Pop-up), die cut 1 each from red cardstock, 1 each from Tofu/dot sheet, and 1 each from Miso Paste/red wavy sheet. String on red/white twine. Hint: dab a little liquid glue on one end of the twine, twist tight, and let it dry before feeding through each flag. See photo for order of flags I used. Set aside.

5. Die cut two explosion wings (Explosion Pop-up) from red paper (you want thin paper for this if possible, due to all the folds). Fold as directed in video below. Set aside. Use the same set to die cut the pop up platform from the 2 x 4 inch Miso Paste/red wavy piece from step 2, leaving equal space above and below the die - these extra flaps will be used to glue the platform in the card. Trim off sides to be flush with die cut edges. Work folds of pop up platform. Set aside.

6. Now to add adhesive to all the pieces you set aside. Run all the large papers (but not the pop-up platform), yellow "happy", and pink doily decoration through the Xyron 9" Creative Station with permanent adhesive. Run pink butterfly, pink flower in gray pot, black and white "Shine On", blue heart, and blue dragon fly through 1.5" Sticker Maker. Hint: rub all over front of cellophane before peeling off; I use a die pick to go around edges as well. Also run a small piece of craft foam, enough to pop up the pink butterfly, through the sticker maker as well. Pull cellophane (only) off craft foam and adhere to back of pink butterfly, leaving the backing on the craft foam.

7. Adhere Tofu/dot sheet to black cardstock then adhere to front of card. Adhere calendar to red cardstock then adhere to front of card where shown. Adhere yellow "happy" where shown (leave off pink butterfly for now). Adhere "BIRTHDAY" using black letter stickers (hint: rub with teflon bone folder to get them to stick well). Adhere pink flower in gray pot where shown. Keep a scrap piece of backing paper for heart sticker. On the sticker sheet, find the teal heart. Adhere it to the piece of backing paper so you will have a handle for punching - it also keeps the piece from sticking when you punch. Use a pencil to mark the center of the heart. Use the lager hole on the Crop-a-Dile or 1/8 Inch Hole Punch to line up the center mark and punch. Adhere heart to calendar around birth date.

8. Adhere explosion wings inside card on either side, making sure nothing sticks out when folded (see video above). Orient two Miso Paste/red wavy pieces to how they will be in the card (I recommend first cutting these pieces away from other pieces and trimming the backing paper off close to the edges of the papers). Do the following with the bottom piece, then do the top piece: place inside card, use a pencil to mark corners where they overlap wing folds, trim corners with detail scissors, adhere in card making sure fold movements are not hindered.

9. To add the pop up platform (step 5) to the card, you will adhere one side, then the other. Use the top of platform (in photo above, the part that is behind the flower pot that extends and attaches to card) to make a pencil mark on the inside bottom of card from fold; this is the width at which it will be adhered so it will open properly. It should be around 1 1/8 inches unless your fold was off a bit. Use Mega Runner and/or Tape Runner to put adhesive on the reverse side of the bottom flap (not red wavy side) - this is the flap with the small platform cut into it; do not put adhesive on the small platform or anywhere else. Line up hole side with mark (the flap will be to the outside of the mark, not near the fold) and press down. Holding the platform completely shut, put adhesive on the top flap and carefully close card top pick up platform. The pop up platform should now function.

10. To adhere banners on twine, put a line of liquid glue adhesive (I recommend using a fineline tip bottle) across top of smallest explosion fold on one side - see photo where the twine is strung. I suggest placing card upside down on its front while doing this. Place one end of twine in glue and let dry. String other side and glue (you may want to stand banners up to give the twine a little support while drying). Trim ends and add a small drop of glue to ends so they won't fray. Adhere dot washi strip where shown on inside bottom of card. Die cut two heart balloons (Explosion Pop-up), one from red cardstock and one from Tofu/dot paper. While still in die, use die stencil and a white gel pen to add a highlight to balloons. Die cut two balloon strings from black cardstock, adhere balloons to strings. Note: when you adhere balloons in card, make sure they do not show when card is closed (this can be a little tricky - if in doubt, go a little lower). Adhere the rest of the decorative elements where shown (use Tape Runner to put adhesive on bird and flowers just where they touch the platform). Adhere pink butterfly where shown on front of card.

I am Certified Copic Instructor and formerly a Class Instructor for Michaels (PaperEd: scrapbooking, card making, Copic coloring). My first design team was for Elizabeth Craft Designs 2014, followed by ECD's Susan Tierney-Cockburn's DT, 2015 - part of 2016, then finally back to the ECD team for the rest of 2016. I was also part of the Oak Tree Stamps DT 2015, Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko Artist in Residence Program 2016, Frantic Stamper DT Jan/Feb 2017 and Rubbernecker Stamps DT, Sep 2017-Jan 2018. I was a guest designer for Paper Smooches (October 2016) and Your Next Stamp (May 2017). I am currently on the Dreamerland Crafts and Xyron Design Teams.

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